Orcières-Merlette: the climb that humiliated Eddy Merckx during the 1971 Tour de France

Orcières-Merlette is remembered for one of the most extraordinary attacks in Tour de France history. On 8 July 1971, Luis Ocaña rode alone for approximately...

Can Remco Evenepoel win the Tour de France 2026?

Remco Evenepoel enters the final three mountain stages of the Tour de France sitting second overall, 4:32 behind Tadej Pogačar. Mathematically, the race is not...

Beginner’s guide to GP Lucien Van Impe 2026

The GP Lucien Van Impe returns on Thursday 20 August 2026 with a new place in the UCI Women’s ProSeries and a growing reputation...

Kasia Niewiadoma at the Tour de France Femmes 2026: route, form and GC chances

Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney returns to the Tour de France Femmes in 2026 as a former winner, a four-time podium finisher and one of the riders...

Which teams still have no stage win at the Tour de France 2026?

Fourteen teams are still searching for their first stage victory of the 2026 Tour de France with only four opportunities remaining. Nine of the 23...

Tour de France 2026 stage 18 live viewing and start time update

Tour de France stage 18 begins at 11:35 BST on Thursday 23 July, with the riders covering 185.2km from Voiron to the summit finish...

Del Toro vs Seixas: who will win the Tour de France 2026 white jersey?

Isaac del Toro and Paul Seixas begin the final Alpine block separated by only 20 seconds in both the Tour de France general classification...

Polka-dot jersey battle: who can catch Tadej Pogačar at the Tour de France 2026?

Tadej Pogačar leads the Tour de France mountains classification with 70 points, but the polka-dot jersey remains open as the race enters its decisive...